Prof. Gazit - Skeletal Biotech Lab

Ilan Kallai
(PhD Student)

Subjects of interest

MicroCT Structural Analysis of Various Bone Tissue Regeneration Models

Novel Fluorescence Molecular Tomography (FMT) and Applications in Stem Cell–Based Bone Tissue Engineering

Advanced Imaging-Based Biomechanical Analysis of Bone Regeneration

Publications list:

            Kimelman-Bleich N, Kallai I, Lieberman JR, Schwarz EM, Pelled G, Gazit D.
            Gene therapy approaches to regenerating bone.
            Adv Drug Deliv Rev. (2012) [Online - Ahead of Print]

            Connors MJ, Ehrlich H, Hog M, Godeffroy C, Araya S, Kallai I, Gazit D, Boyce M, Ortiz C.
            Three-dimensional structure of the shell plate assembly of the chiton Tonicella marmorea and its biomechanical consequences.
            Journal of Structural Biology, 177(2):314-28. (2012) [Full text article]

            Sheyn D, Kallai I, Tawackoli W, Cohn Yakubovich D, Oh A, Su S, Da X, Lavi A, Kimelman-Bleich N, Zilberman Y, Li N, Bae H, Gazit Z, Pelled G, Gazit D.
            Gene-modified adult stem cells regenerate vertebral bone defect in a rat model.
            Mol Pharm, 8(5):1592-601. (2011) [Full text article]

            Kimelman-Bleich N, Seliktar D, Kallai I, Helm GA, Gazit Z, Gazit D, Pelled G.
            The effect of ex vivo dynamic loading on the osteogenic differentiation of genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cell model.
            J Tissue Eng Regen Med, 5(5):384-93. (2011) [Full text article]

            Kallai I, Mizrahi O, Tawackoli W, Gazit Z, Pelled G, Gazit D.
            Micro–Computed Tomography–Based Structural Analysis of Various Bone-Tissue Regeneration Models.
            Nature Protocols, 6(1):105-10. (2011) [Full text article]

            Kimelman-Bleich N, Pelled G, Zilberman Y, Kallai I, Mizrahi O, Tawackoli W, Gazit Z, Gazit D.
            Targeted Gene-and-host Progenitor Cell Therapy for Nonunion Bone Fracture Repair.
            Molecular Therapy, 19(1):53-9. (2011) [Full text article]

            Sheyn D, Rüthemann M, Mizrahi O, Kallai I, Zilberman Y, Tawackoli W, Kanim LE, Zhao L, Bae H, Pelled G, Snedeker J, Gazit D.
            Genetically Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Mechanically Stable Posterior Spine Fusion.
            Tissue Engineering Part A, 16(12):3679-86. (2010) [Full text article]

            Kallai I, van Lenthe GH, Ruffoni D, Zilberman Y, Müller R, Pelled G, Gazit D.
            Quantitative, structural, and image-based mechanical analysis of nonunion fracture repaired by genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cells.
            J Biomech, 43(12):2315-20. (2010) [Full text article]

            Song J, Reichert S, Kallai I, Gazit D, Wund M, Boyce MC, Ortiz C
            Quantitative microstructural studies of the armor of the marine threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
            J Struct Biol, 171(3):318-31. (2010) [Full text article]

            Kimelman-Bleich N, Pelled G, Sheyn D, Kallai I, Zilberman Y, Mizrahi O, Tal Y, Tawackoli W, Gazit Z, Gazit D.
            The use of a synthetic oxygen carrier-enriched hydrogel to enhance mesenchymal stem cell-based bone formation in vivo.
            Biomaterials, 30(27):4639-48. (2009) [Full text article]

            Stok KS, Pelled G, Zilberman Y, Kallai I, Goldhahn J, Gazit D, Muller R.
            Revealing the interplay of bone and cartilage in osteoarthritis through multimodel imaging of murine joints.
            Bone, 45(3):414-22. (2009) [Full text article]

            Steinhardt Y, Aslan H, Regev E, Zilberman Y, Kallai I, Gazit D, Gazit Z.
            Maxillofacial-Derived Stem Cells Regenerate Critical Mandibular Bone Defect.
            Tissue Eng Part A, 14(11):1763-73. (2008) [Full text article]

            Tai K, Pelled G, Sheyn D, Bershteyn A, Han L, Kallai I, Zilberman Y, Ortiz C, Gazit D.
            Nanobiomechanics of Repair Bone Regenerated by Genetically Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
            Tissue Eng Part A, 14(10):1709-20. (2008) [Full text article]

            Zilberman Y, Kallai I, Gafni Y, Pelled G, Kossodo S, Yared W, Gazit D.
            Fluorescence molecular tomography enables in vivo visualization and quantification of nonunion fracture repair induced by genetically engineered mesenchymal stem cell.
            J Orthop Res, 26(4):522-30. (2008) [Full text article]

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Ilan Kallai (PhD Student)

Subjects of interest

Ilan Kallai
(PhD Student)